Robert Williams

M, #1283, d. between 2 December 1680 and 23 April 1682
  • Marriage*: Spouse: Sarah Washburn1,2,3
  • Death*: between 2 December 1680 and 23 April 1682; will written & proved
Last Edited: 26 Mar 2012

Family:

Sarah Washburn b. 26 Mar 1626, d. bt 14 Feb 1692/93 - 19 May 1693

Children:

Notes

  • Note: There are many articles about Robert Williams on the web - google "Robert Williams" "Oyster Bay"
  • Note: The list of children given here is from Bunker's book. Olney has the same list.2,1
  • Immigration*: circa 1647; New York
  • Note*: List of Proprietors of Hempstead in 1647: "Williams, Robert, b. in Wales, brother Richard, b. in Wales; 1647, 1659, 1682, at Hempstead; 1653, Indian deed, Oyster Bay and Hunt., to him and others; 1666 (or near), at Huntington; 1668, Patentee of Dosoris, Oyster Bay."4
  • Note: 1) Will 1657 of William Washburn, his father-in-law leaves legacy to "my Sonn Robert Williams children"
    2) Will 1658 of John Washburn, William's son, leaves legacy to "my nephew John Williams the Sonne of Robert Williams"
    3) Robert Williams testified 1659 regarding William Washborne.5
  • Note: "Will of Robert Williams of Long Island near Oyster Bay. Wife Sarah. Sons John & Hope. Grandson Robert Williams. Unnamed daughters, unmarried. Dated December 2 1680, proved April 23 1682, letters of administration granted August 5 1682."6

Citations

  1. [S328] Olney, Elaine Washburn, Our Washburn Heritage (Manhattan, Kansas: 1986), p. 2.   Olney--Washburn.pdf
  2. [S47] Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies... (Orig publ. 1895. Reprinted Genealogical Publ Co. Baltimore 1976. Available on the web at BYU via FHL catalog., ), p. 328.   Bunker--LI-Genealogies.pdf
  3. [S238] John G. Hunt, 'Clues to origin of Wahbourne, Willets, Whitehead, Williams families of Hempstead, L.I., and Nicholls family of Stratford, Conn.', The American Genealogist, 36 (Jan 1960): 62-64. p. 62.   Hunt-Washbourne.pdf
  4. [S137] "The Early History of Hempstead, L.I." by Charles B. Moore, The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record. Vol 10 (Jan 1879), p. 5-16 p. 13.   Moore--Hempstead.pdf
  5. [S328] Olney, Elaine Washburn, Washburn Heritage, p. 3-4.   Olney--Washburn.pdf
  6. [S4] "Abstract of wills on file in the Surrogate's Office City of New York" in Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1892. Publication Fund Series vol 25 (Publ. N.Y. 1893.[Google books], ), p. 117-8.